1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/unittest/temp_dir.h b/src/mongo/unittest/temp_dir.h
index 561c7266195..711ac9c7f4c 100644
--- a/src/mongo/unittest/temp_dir.h
+++ b/src/mongo/unittest/temp_dir.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <string>
+#include <utility>
 
 
 namespace mongo {
@@ -63,14 +64,21 @@ public:
      */
     ~TempDir();
 
+    /**
+     * Release the path encapsulated by this TempDir to be cleaned up by the caller as necessary.
+     *
+     * A released TempDir is left with an empty path, and its destructor will perform no cleanup.
+     */
+    std::string release() noexcept {
+        return std::exchange(_path, {});
+    }
+
     const std::string& path() const {
         return _path;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the path where TempDir() will create temporary directories. This is a workaround
-     * for situations where you might want to log, but you've not yet run the MONGO_INITIALIZERs,
-     * and should be removed if ever command line parsing is seperated from MONGO_INITIALIZERs.
+     * Set the path where TempDir() will create temporary directories.
      */
     static void setTempPath(std::string tempPath);